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|lshtext=<b>nōdus</b>: i, m. for gnodus; Sanscr. [[root]] gadh-, gandh-, [[grasp]]; cf. Gr. Χανδάνω, [[hold]]; [[γνάθος]]>, [[jaw]]; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. [[knot]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[knot]] (cf. [[nexus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nodus]] vinculumque, Cic. Univ. 4: necte [[tribus]] nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77: Cacum Corripit in nodum [[complexus]], clasping him as in a [[knot]], id. A. 8, 260: nodos manu diducere, Ov. M. 2, 560: [[nodus]] Herculis or [[Herculaneus]], a [[knot]] [[difficult]] to [[untie]], of [[which]] [[Hercules]] [[was]] held to be the [[inventor]], Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63: [[unus]] [[tibi]] [[nodus]], sed [[Herculaneus]], restat, Sen. Ep. 87, 38: [[tamquam]] [[nodus]] [[Gordius]] difficillimus, Amm. 14, 11, 1: [[cingulum]] (novae nuptae) Herculaneo [[nodo]] vinctum vir solvit ominis [[gratia]], Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[girdle]] ([[poet]].): nodoque [[sinus]] [[collecta]] fluentes, Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.— Hence, astronom.: [[nodus]] anni, the [[circle]] of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mode]] of [[dressing]] the [[hair]], a [[knot]], [[club]]: Rheni nodos, the [[hair]] of the Germans gathered [[into]] a [[club]], Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.: [[insigne]] gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere, Tac. G. 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: nodi, a knotted [[fishing]]-[[net]], Manil. 5, 664.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[knot]], knob, node on a [[joint]] of an [[animal]]'s [[body]]: crura [[sine]] nodis, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: [[cervix]] articulorum nodis jungitur, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217: dirae [[nodus]] hyaenae, a [[backbone]], dorsal [[vertebra]], Luc. 6, 672.— Hence, nodi articulorum, a [[swelling]], [[tumor]] on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[knot]], knob, [[fold]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[wood]] or the branches of plants: [[baculum]] [[sine]] [[nodo]] aduncum tenens, Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9: [[stipes]] [[gravidus]] nodis, Verg. A. 7, 507: [[telum]] solidum nodis, id. ib. 11, 553: [[gracilitas]] harundinis, distincta nodis, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the [[knotty]] [[club]] of [[Hercules]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a writhing [[serpent]]: nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem, Verg. A. 5, 279.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prov.: nodum in [[scirpo]] quaerere, to [[look]] for knots in a bulrush ([[which]] contains [[none]]), i. e. to [[find]] difficulties [[where]] [[there]] are [[none]], Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): in [[scirpo]] nodum quaeris, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[knot]], [[hard]] [[part]] of a [[thing]]; so of metals, Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136; of [[precious]] stones, id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[star]] in the [[constellation]] Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>8</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In astron.: nodi, the [[four]] points in the heavens [[where]] the seasons [[begin]], the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[band]], [[bond]]: his [[igitur]] singulis versibus [[quasi]] nodi [[apparent]] continuationis, Cic. Or. 66, 222: [[velut]] laxioribus nodis resolvemus, Quint. 9, 4, 127: amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere, Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[bond]], [[obligation]] ([[poet]].): exsolvere animum nodis religionum, Lucr. 4, 7: imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum, Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[knotty]] [[point]], [[difficulty]], [[impediment]].—Absol.: dum hic [[nodus]] expediatur non putet [[senatus]] nos oportere decedere, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.: Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque, Verg. A. 10, 428: cum [[scopulus]] et [[nodus]] et [[mora]] publicae securitatis superesset [[Antonius]], Flor. 4, 9, 1: qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an [[allusion]] to the Gordian [[knot]]), Juv. 8, 50 ([[hence]], [[Cicuta]] [[nodosus]]; v. [[nodosus]]).— Esp.: [[nodus]] linguae, the [[bond]] or [[tie]] of the [[tongue]]: nodum linguae rumpere, Gell. 5, 9, 2: nodos linguae solvere, Just. 13, 7, 6.